Rob Dodds
Seaboard Atlantic Lines, Newry Branch
The layout is essentially mainline only at this point with a staging yard in the garage and a passenger station/yard off the main. Most of the place names on the layout correspond with towns and villages in the area of Ireland where I grew up.
Layout at a Glance
Scale |
HO |
Size |
18.5’ X 12.5’ with 32’ X 7’ “T” |
Prototype |
SAL and ACL equipment |
Locale |
Fictional |
Era |
Mid 1960’s |
Style |
“Around the walls” loop with attached yards |
Len. of Mainline |
180’ (225’ incl. passing sidings) |
Layout Height |
46” to 51” |
Benchwork |
Open Grid made from ripped ¾ ply |
Roadbed |
Homabed on main with “Quiet Brace” for flat deck areas, cork on sidings |
Trackwork |
Code 83 with code 100 staging |
Turnouts |
#6 Walthers on main #4 Walthers or #5 Peco in yards |
Min. Radius |
28” main 24” secondary |
Maximum Grade |
2% |
Scenery |
None |
Backdrop |
Masonite curved on inside corners |
Controls |
Digitrax |
Photos (Click the image for a larger version.)
Member Index
The following current members of the North Atlanta Rail Barons are Charter Members of the group:
The following members have joined the North Atlanta Rail Barons during the last nine years.
Charlie Crawford, MMR was a Charter Member of NARB and former Superintendent of the Piedmont Division. He was the third member of our group to earn the award of Master Model Railroader. He is now participating in another local operating group.
Larry K. Smith, MMR was a charter member of NARB and now lives in Kentucky where he completed the requirements to become the fourth Master Model Railroader from NARB.
Louis Gomes was a long-term member of NARB, an excellent modeler, guru of the CV's and DCC decoders and wiring design. He was the group's first webmaster and is responsible for the design of our logo. Louis recently completed his education and was rewarded with a new job in Houston, TX.
Philo Hutcheson left us when he accepted a position with the University of Alabama Birmingham. He had built an excellent HO-scale railroad depicting the Maine coastline in the 1940's/50's era.